You can remove contact lists from a BlackBerry® device. Note the following about removing contact lists:

• You cannot remove contact lists that have service records.
• You cannot remove the last remaining contact list on a device.
• You cannot remove the default contact list (which has the UID -1).

A BlackBerryPIMRemovalException is thrown if an error occurs when you try to remove a contact list.

1. Import the required classes and interfaces.

   import javax.microedition.pim.PIM;
   import net.rim.blackberry.api.pdap.BlackBerryPIM;
   import net.rim.blackberry.api.pdap.BlackBerryPIMRemovalException;

2. Retrieve a BlackBerryPIM object.

   BlackBerryPIM myPIM = (BlackBerryPIM) PIM.getInstance();

3. If you know the name or UID of the contact list that you want to remove, go to step 6.
4. Retrieve the array of contact lists.

   String[] lists = myPIM.listPIMLists(PIM.CONTACT_LIST);

   The returned array provides the names that are assigned to each contact list.
5. Iterate through the array to search for the contact list that you want to remove.
6. Remove the contact list by invoking BlackBerryPIM.removePIMList(). You can provide either the name or the UID of the contact list. By default, the method removes a contact list only if the list is empty. If you want to remove a contact list that is not empty, you must provide the parameter BlackBerryPIM.REMOVE_NON_EMPTY_LIST.

   try 
   {
      myPIM.removePIMList(PIM.CONTACT_LIST, "test", 
         BlackBerryPIM.REMOVE_NON_EMPTY_LIST);
   }
   
   catch (BlackBerryPIMRemovalException e)
   {
      // handle the exception
   }

BlackBerryPIM myPIM = (BlackBerryPIM) PIM.getInstance();
try
{
   myPIM.removePIMList(PIM.CONTACT_LIST, "test", BlackBerryPIM.REMOVE_NON_EMPTY_LIST);
}

catch (BlackBerryPIMRemovalException e)
{
   System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}